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policy how could impact the potential for positive u.s. relations with the middle east and joined by the director of new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies phyllis bennis thanks for coming on good to be with you today so we just saw netanyahu kind of making the talk show circuit really with some hard rhetoric about how the u.s. needs to elect a leader that takes a red line with iran's nuclear capabilities and kind of dove tailing off of that i want to play just a clip from obama's speech about this issue. let me be clear america wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy and we believe that there is still time and space to do so but that time is not unlimited we respect the right of nations to access peaceful nuclear power. but one of the purposes of the united nations is to see that we harness the power for peace so obama is pretty much taking that yahoo's wishes pretty seriously we already know where romney stands on the issue why is it that the u.s. has such a why is it that israel has such a heavy influence
policy how could impact the potential for positive u.s. relations with the middle east and joined by the director of new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies phyllis bennis thanks for coming on good to be with you today so we just saw netanyahu kind of making the talk show circuit really with some hard rhetoric about how the u.s. needs to elect a leader that takes a red line with iran's nuclear capabilities and kind of dove tailing off of that i want to play just a clip...
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policy issues reiterating his message of freedom throughout the middle east he spoke about the inspiration of the arab spring of the power of the people taking to the streets to topple dictators depends on the freedom of citizens to speak their minds and assemble without fear and all the rule of law and due process that guarantees the rights of all people in other words true democracy real freedom is hard work those in power have to resist the temptation to crackdown on dissidents but president obama went on to say that the regime of syrian president bashar al assad must come to an end and that the u.s. is willing to take action to ensure that the transition happens people everywhere long for the freedom to determine their destiny. the dignity that comes with work the comfort that comes with faith and the justice that exists when governments serve their people and not the other way around the united states of america will always stand up for these aspirations for our own people and for people all across the world. and while these powerful words echoed throughout the room we question if the
policy issues reiterating his message of freedom throughout the middle east he spoke about the inspiration of the arab spring of the power of the people taking to the streets to topple dictators depends on the freedom of citizens to speak their minds and assemble without fear and all the rule of law and due process that guarantees the rights of all people in other words true democracy real freedom is hard work those in power have to resist the temptation to crackdown on dissidents but president...
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policy and national security at it are terrorists. well it's been called one of the least productive congress says in american history the one hundred twelfth congress has dismissed approval ratings hovering around ten percent and while the american people remain frustrated over the so-called do nothing congress interestingly enough congress did do something before taking a break until after the election the house managed to pass the stop the war on coal act and with the overwhelming support of republicans the legislation which does away with many environmental regulations passed the house are to correspondent christine for south has more. it was one of the final votes taken by members of the one hundred twelfth congress before they returned to their districts to convince voters why they should be reelected h r thirty four zero nine is legislation that both the democratic led senate and president obama said would be dead on arrival but which two hundred thirty three members of the house republicans say will save jobs and stop what the
policy and national security at it are terrorists. well it's been called one of the least productive congress says in american history the one hundred twelfth congress has dismissed approval ratings hovering around ten percent and while the american people remain frustrated over the so-called do nothing congress interestingly enough congress did do something before taking a break until after the election the house managed to pass the stop the war on coal act and with the overwhelming support of...
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foreign policy it has everything to do with muslims hate freedom they hate liberty which is nonsense but they have breeds fear in the american people. what what it how has this i mean the sikh community is not a muslim community how has this impacted the sikh community well there's no question that in the post nine eleven environment six have been targeted for hate crimes and other forms of discrimination because the prevailing stereotype is that if somebody wears a turban they're associated with al qaeda or other forms of extremism but i agree with corey this is islamophobia and he muslim bigotry is the latest manifestation of a problem that's been with us for centuries which is fear of the other xenophobia six have been in this country for more than a century and as early as one thousand and seven were targeted for violence and other forms of discrimination because of who they were are there and if any of you want to take a shot at this sir or maybe this is just the over the top. i live in germany for a year back in the eighty's i read the rise and fall of the third reich by sure w
foreign policy it has everything to do with muslims hate freedom they hate liberty which is nonsense but they have breeds fear in the american people. what what it how has this i mean the sikh community is not a muslim community how has this impacted the sikh community well there's no question that in the post nine eleven environment six have been targeted for hate crimes and other forms of discrimination because the prevailing stereotype is that if somebody wears a turban they're associated...
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policy of it in the head and now fox news is trying to make president obama look like a foreign policy quack too is this the right's plan the heading into november and their so-called october surprise for american voters and from paper and pens to computers and desk chairs staples business model as all of your office needs covered unfortunately staples business model has the destruction of the american economy covered to tell you winds and eyes. in the most of the rest of the news this week the two thousand and three u.s. soldier was killed in afghanistan this is the nation's longest running war and it's also the forgotten war the two thousand death of an american soldier didn't get near the attention it deserves in our corporate media nor did how many afghan civilians have been killed in this war the u.n. estimates that more than thirteen thousand innocent afghan civilians have died so far although the u.n. only started keeping track in two thousand and seven six years after the war started so the numbers probably much closer to twenty thousand or maybe. and many more than that a lot
policy of it in the head and now fox news is trying to make president obama look like a foreign policy quack too is this the right's plan the heading into november and their so-called october surprise for american voters and from paper and pens to computers and desk chairs staples business model as all of your office needs covered unfortunately staples business model has the destruction of the american economy covered to tell you winds and eyes. in the most of the rest of the news this week the...
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foreign policy its first group start. worked three years ago in new york since then and chapters have been set up in cities across five continents the latest in tunis and amman so called hackers chapters are springing up across the arab world bringing together journalists and develop as their intentions might be noble to advantage citizen journalism and civil society but in real life they often pave the way for subversive activities what is going on in jordan in this harker's program that's going to be funded and guided by these forces in the west is part of the larger story of how the united states and the western powers are responding to the initial arab spring very quickly the us was it with democracy promotion programs and other sorts of programs to steer the arab spring into outcomes that are not going to be threatening to western capitalism and to us geopolitics and it's really geopolitics in the region history is littered with western governments using n.g.o.s and groups to advance their interests and more recently
foreign policy its first group start. worked three years ago in new york since then and chapters have been set up in cities across five continents the latest in tunis and amman so called hackers chapters are springing up across the arab world bringing together journalists and develop as their intentions might be noble to advantage citizen journalism and civil society but in real life they often pave the way for subversive activities what is going on in jordan in this harker's program that's...
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and now mitt romney on the other hand has no foreign policy experience the visit he did with israel in the u.k. you know america's closest allies they didn't go well and those are our friends so is this a positive for team obama or just a negative for america as a whole that neither one of these are really have the type of foreign policy experience that maybe american a that that's point expectantly considering everything that's going on in the middle east and all the i'm an anti american sentiments. urge them on the campaign on the war in iraq was a bad idea when they lost information lost lives and money and on a war on the three three and all the screen on that one brick spencer war and it was the wrong target was going to trigger the well as a do today why but every state budget but there are people least teaches from but a hundred thousand troops in iraq a home that and that is a big those in afghanistan on the way out of them that that's another step in the right direction and so i see the attempt to move the needle against on this very expensive wars in the region i do think tha
and now mitt romney on the other hand has no foreign policy experience the visit he did with israel in the u.k. you know america's closest allies they didn't go well and those are our friends so is this a positive for team obama or just a negative for america as a whole that neither one of these are really have the type of foreign policy experience that maybe american a that that's point expectantly considering everything that's going on in the middle east and all the i'm an anti american...
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foreign policy its first group started work three years ago in new york since then in chapters have been set up in cities across five continents the latest in tunis and amman so-called hackers chapters are springing up across the arab world bringing together journalists and developers their intentions might be noble to advantage citizen journalism and civil society but in real life they often pave the way for subversive activities what is going on in jordan. that's going to be funded and these forces in the west is part of a wider story of how the united states and the western powers to respond. the unit very quickly the u.s. was there with democracy promotion programs and reserves and programs to steer into outcomes that are not going to be threatening to restrict or who isn't us geopolitics and has ruined your projects in the region history is littered with wisdom governments using n.g.o.s and groups to advance their interests and more recently with the electronic media and social networks they employ but the angry demonstrations have rocked the arab world after the youtube clip of the
foreign policy its first group started work three years ago in new york since then in chapters have been set up in cities across five continents the latest in tunis and amman so-called hackers chapters are springing up across the arab world bringing together journalists and developers their intentions might be noble to advantage citizen journalism and civil society but in real life they often pave the way for subversive activities what is going on in jordan. that's going to be funded and these...
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foreign policy makers missing when it comes to their supports our interfering in countries with that complicated stance towards the west indeed i think it is causing a real sense of anxiety and a sense of schalke in the united states widely because this whole narrative that somehow the awakening was going away was reflecting and you know much of that was simply based on this rather press. narrative that was promoted by many mainstream western press did look they're using twitter and facebook therefore it must be western in its orientation well of course you find the salafist groups are seeing facebook and twitter not necessarily to promote western values but i think that gave it the sense that somehow this was flowing in the west direction and i think this is come as a big wakeup call to to the western states for the moment we see a tacit if you like alliance between the of radical elements in the united states in bringing down assad and bringing down gadhafi but when that's finished where will their anger where will. their object. if turn it will turn precisely on israel and america
foreign policy makers missing when it comes to their supports our interfering in countries with that complicated stance towards the west indeed i think it is causing a real sense of anxiety and a sense of schalke in the united states widely because this whole narrative that somehow the awakening was going away was reflecting and you know much of that was simply based on this rather press. narrative that was promoted by many mainstream western press did look they're using twitter and facebook...
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policy message and leadership such a misstatement of facts as were known at the time and for her to go in all of those shows and effect the our spokesperson for the world and be misinforming the american people and our allies and countries around the world. somebody has to pay the price for this and so a lot going on here in these events surrounding this tragedy and we want to sort of get to the bottom of them to help me do that i was joined earlier by tony shaffer with the center for advanced defense studies he's also the author of the book operation dark heart he first explain just how things are trickling down. well badly to begin with and frankly as you pointed out politically let's let me be very clear i was on another network talking about this the day after it happened and i said it was a terrorist event planned and all the information that i got that first day from my sources turned out to be completely true so the bottom line is this somehow the information i received from my sources are pretty much closed to what's going on was given to the white house as well so the quest
policy message and leadership such a misstatement of facts as were known at the time and for her to go in all of those shows and effect the our spokesperson for the world and be misinforming the american people and our allies and countries around the world. somebody has to pay the price for this and so a lot going on here in these events surrounding this tragedy and we want to sort of get to the bottom of them to help me do that i was joined earlier by tony shaffer with the center for advanced...
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dot com home from foreign policy in focus it's the persistent call for regime change the brought the situation to a steel meter in the first place. you can't call for the replacement of a regime and then expect to have a diplomatic solution so when president obama said also has to be replaced what would ben who used to do the negotiating team to meet with the solution here was he regionally basically the one that both russia and china oppose which is that you get a cease fire you don't talk about regime change and discipline batched part of the negotiation as part of the diplomatic process and i don't see that happening sean borne it and as the united states and france and turkey and the gulf cooperation council particularly daryn so you radio are trying to initiate in engineer regime change so i'm all discouraged about where it's going to go from here but if it doesn't have a diplomatic solution i think the recalls are going to be just disastrous well while the euro's won't be the only ones addressing those gathered at the u.n. headquarters in new york to learn his son who still ens
dot com home from foreign policy in focus it's the persistent call for regime change the brought the situation to a steel meter in the first place. you can't call for the replacement of a regime and then expect to have a diplomatic solution so when president obama said also has to be replaced what would ben who used to do the negotiating team to meet with the solution here was he regionally basically the one that both russia and china oppose which is that you get a cease fire you don't talk...
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policy. and georgia's recent anti terror alteration on the border with russia comes on the fly in from of tension militants previously linked to georgia he says there's plenty of evidence the raid was a stage mess great. right now time for the latest from the world of sports with kent. hello welcome to the fridays for round up we make a quadrate and here's what's coming off. back in favor under fire strike alexander is backing the needs first team to face locking my teeth after spending a week in there is a. while big brown rushes not overthrow of us does sound studies are in straight sets to reach the final of the pan pacific open in tokyo. and big move forward on star lewis hamilton will leave mclaren to sadie's at the end of the season in a one hundred million dollars deal. but first of all a saw striker alexander return to russian champions in its first team. after spending a week in the reserves. he has brought back his most prolific forward as the fist place in petersburg side prepares
policy. and georgia's recent anti terror alteration on the border with russia comes on the fly in from of tension militants previously linked to georgia he says there's plenty of evidence the raid was a stage mess great. right now time for the latest from the world of sports with kent. hello welcome to the fridays for round up we make a quadrate and here's what's coming off. back in favor under fire strike alexander is backing the needs first team to face locking my teeth after spending a week...
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policy what about the rift that now divides us president barack obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and who has the right to define red lines when it comes to iran. and syria. to cross israel's influence on washington i'm joined by ruthie bloom in new york she's a jerk.
policy what about the rift that now divides us president barack obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and who has the right to define red lines when it comes to iran. and syria. to cross israel's influence on washington i'm joined by ruthie bloom in new york she's a jerk.
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above everything they are very concerned with hugo chavez says foreign policies which are being followed by venezuela where he has. asked the western powers notably the united states britain and israel such places as libya in such places as iraq syria and palestine where he has tried to close ranks with for example president will. visit to venezuela and he has taken a stance which is very highly respected throughout many of these of latin america showing that the united states. not just in the middle east but worldwide and not so much the countries that are attacked by the united states especially at a time when in two thousand and eight the united states has reactivated the fourth south atlantic fleet and they know how we have a very strong military presence throughout latin america in the south atlantic the presidential race certainly saw some so-called pro democracy and pro human rights protests very similar to the ones critics say are usually backed or even sponsored by the u.s. do you think washington is moving from words to actions here oh definitely just as they have engineered in
above everything they are very concerned with hugo chavez says foreign policies which are being followed by venezuela where he has. asked the western powers notably the united states britain and israel such places as libya in such places as iraq syria and palestine where he has tried to close ranks with for example president will. visit to venezuela and he has taken a stance which is very highly respected throughout many of these of latin america showing that the united states. not just in the...
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criticized western policies while calling for a new world order and fresh thinking the u.s. and israel in turn boy called reduced speech with the canadian delegations walking out of the chamber in protest. from the national iranian american council believes such reactions are made in poor taste. the walkout that normally happens or in this case the fact that the u.s. and israeli missions did not even come to the speech i think is mostly political theater i don't think that this means anything this is about as sharp rebuke as can be delivered during these speeches but at the end of the day it's meaningless it's i think silliness that bears no mark on the reality of how these situations need to be resolved i think they do though speak to political. you know the political risk of appearing to be willing to listen engage to. you know foreign countries that we disagree with what you know is he just ahead for you in the program we look at whether the relationship between the u.s. and israel could be on rocky ground approx they've been there for a while they seem to be growing wide
criticized western policies while calling for a new world order and fresh thinking the u.s. and israel in turn boy called reduced speech with the canadian delegations walking out of the chamber in protest. from the national iranian american council believes such reactions are made in poor taste. the walkout that normally happens or in this case the fact that the u.s. and israeli missions did not even come to the speech i think is mostly political theater i don't think that this means anything...
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not be reluctant i don't want to speculate on how or if there will be any change in the situation or policy towards we can leave that would change in the in the white house i doubt it and why is that well you see how would the obama has basically in foreign affairs. and in dealing with we can exist and continue to win this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney. probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on talking with us will we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up a good way to bring in for the u.s. population to rise up and and the. sense that. human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time poor the he was populations who realize that. their country is run on a very bad track and that that same joining us i think they could save the future of the american people thank you very much for your time thank you. if. motion would be soon which brightened. someone from feinstein creationists. who screams don't talk t.v. don't come. wea
not be reluctant i don't want to speculate on how or if there will be any change in the situation or policy towards we can leave that would change in the in the white house i doubt it and why is that well you see how would the obama has basically in foreign affairs. and in dealing with we can exist and continue to win this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney. probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on talking with us will we of course awake...
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in foreign affairs and and in dealing with we can leagues and continued on this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney. probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on talking with us well we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up a good way getting in for the u.s. population to rise up and and the. sense that the human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time for the he was populations realize that. their country is one of a very bad track and that at the same joining us i think they could save the future of the american people thank you very much for your time thank you. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the client's computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors to hi
in foreign affairs and and in dealing with we can leagues and continued on this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney. probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on talking with us well we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up a good way getting in for the u.s. population to rise up and and the. sense that the human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's...
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i doubt it and why is that well you see how would the obama has basically in foreign affairs and and in dealing with we can leagues and continue on this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney and probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on generating weeks well we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up a good way conyngham for the u.s. population to rise up and and the. sense that human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time for the us populations who realize that. their country is one of a very bad track and that same joining us and i think they could save the future of the american people thank you very much for your time thank you. plane. flew mission and free accreditation free transport charges free to make amends three risk free studio time free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media oh god r.t. dot com. wealthy british scientists are told it. was. the. markets financed scandals
i doubt it and why is that well you see how would the obama has basically in foreign affairs and and in dealing with we can leagues and continue on this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney and probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on generating weeks well we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up a good way conyngham for the u.s. population to rise up and and the. sense that human rights have been deteriorating...
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i doubt it and why is that well you see how would the obama has basically in foreign affairs and and in dealing with we can exist and continue on this hard line position. and why should there be any change with mitt romney and probably not so then what's the next move for joining us on john wiki leaks well we of course awake waiting for the year the us equivalent of the are up about what wakening in for the us population to rise up and and the. sense that human rights have been deteriorating in the us freedom of the media is not as it was before and i think it's pretty much the time for the us populations realize that their country is run on a very bad track and that same joining us and i think they could save the future of the american people thank you very much for your time thank you. reaches slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that just softens a force on the island of horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and his horse is what sometimes it gets lonely here but horse
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powers on afghanistan but the other part of it has to do also with the policies which have been pursued by nato in afghanistan these smaller cities have not really transformed they question on the ground they have not greatly improved the lives of the people and they have not contributed to building up. gun infrastructure as some had promised more importantly i think what we are seeing is that is spawns from afghan population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban and its allies there is a great deal of resentment against that by drones which have led to the death so many many innocent civilians and afghanistan may have been the afghan president himself karzai has called on nato to curb the efforts and stop them because they are ending up killing a lot of innocents and creating a great deal of the ngo to unpack it isn't powered nato five medics have been arrested in a series of dawn raids in bahrain after they and four other doctors lost their final appeal over jail terms for taking part in pro to mock received demonstrations . from the country's largest o
powers on afghanistan but the other part of it has to do also with the policies which have been pursued by nato in afghanistan these smaller cities have not really transformed they question on the ground they have not greatly improved the lives of the people and they have not contributed to building up. gun infrastructure as some had promised more importantly i think what we are seeing is that is spawns from afghan population which certain extent is reflected by the counter attacks from taliban...
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packed full of world leaders putting forth their thoughts and ideas about international issues and policy coming up very soon we can leaks co-founder julian assange is expected to speak via video link at the event called strengthening human rights an event hosted by ecuadorian foreign minister ricardo patino ecuador of course granted his songe asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for several months now as he tries to figure out a way to get out of the country without getting arrested as songes wanted right now for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual assault now as we await his speech which we do plan to bring to you live as it happens around six thirty eastern tonight and we do want to talk about the latest in his case and what he might bring up. this evening and on the subject of human rights for more on that i was joined earlier by kevin gusto blogger for firedoglake and he spoke about the significance of tonight's speech the significance is that he's going to the international community to recruit support and i think to perhaps get others in t
packed full of world leaders putting forth their thoughts and ideas about international issues and policy coming up very soon we can leaks co-founder julian assange is expected to speak via video link at the event called strengthening human rights an event hosted by ecuadorian foreign minister ricardo patino ecuador of course granted his songe asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for several months now as he tries to figure out a way to get out of the country...